"from the addition of curvilinear ornamentation, which was unusual at the time. Gustave Soulier considered Plumet and Selmersheim were truly innovative in their furniture designs, which combined workmanship, elegance and functionality. In 1908 Frantz Jourdain was president of the Salon d'automne, Plumet was vice-president and Henri Sauvage was sectional president for architecture. These three were visited in turn by Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, later known as Le Corbusier, who was looking for work. None of them could offer anything significant. Plumet was chief architect of the ""Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs"", Paris (1925). Charles Plumet died in 1928. Plumet was the architect"
"Jean Antoine Arthur Gris Jean Antoine Arthur Gris (December 11, 1829 – August 19, 1872) was a French botanist who was a native of Châtillon-sur-Seine, in the department of Côte-d'Or. Beginning in 1855 he worked in the laboratory of Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801-1876) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. In 1859 he received his PhD with a dissertation involving microscopic studies of chlorophyll. He was the author of 80 scientific articles, the majority of them being published in the ""Bulletin de la Société botanique de France"" and the ""Annales des sciences naturelles"". In 1865, Brongniart named the genus ""Grisia"""
"Joseph-Marie Gros Joseph-Marie Gros (23 May 1742, Lyon - 3 September 1792, Paris) was a French secular cleric and clergy deputy to the Estates-General of 1789. After being ordained he received his theology doctorate and taught at the College of Navarre from 10 May 1785. As curé of the Paris church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, his charity efforts gained him the nickname of ""the new saint Vincent de Paul"". On 30 April 1789 he was elected a clergy deputy in the fourth place, after Antoine-Éléonor-Léon Leclerc de Juigné, François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac and abbé De Chevreuil. He sat on the right, defended the"
"Charles Meynier Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris – 1832, Paris) was a French painter of historical subjects in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a contemporary of Antoine-Jean Gros und Jacques-Louis David. Meynier was the son of a tailor. Already at a young age he was trained by Pierre-Philippe Choffard. As a student of François-André Vincent, Meynier won the second prize in the 1789 ""prix de Rome"" competition; Girodet won. He became a member of the Académie de France à Rome. In 1793 he went back to Paris. He made designs for the bas-reliefs and statues"
"(synonym: ""Bikkia"", family: Rubiaceae) in his honor. Jean Gris died in Paris on August 19, 1872 at the age of 42. He is buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise, 22nd division. Jean Antoine Arthur Gris Jean Antoine Arthur Gris (December 11, 1829 – August 19, 1872) was a French botanist who was a native of Châtillon-sur-Seine, in the department of Côte-d'Or. Beginning in 1855 he worked in the laboratory of Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801-1876) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. In 1859 he received his PhD with a dissertation involving microscopic studies of chlorophyll. He was the author of"
"Jean-Marie Le Bris Jean Marie Le Bris (25 March 1817 – 17 February 1872) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856. A sailor and sea captain, Le Bris sailed around the world observing the flight of the albatross. Although he sailed around the world, his true ambition was to fly. He caught some of the birds and analysed the interaction of their wings with air, identifying the aerodynamic phenomenon of lift, which he called ""aspiration"". Le Bris built a glider, inspired by the shape of the Albatross and named ""L'Albatros artificiel"""
"Juan Gris José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris (; ), was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive. Gris was born in Madrid and later studied engineering at the Madrid School of Arts and Sciences. There, from 1902 to 1904, he contributed drawings to local periodicals. From 1904 to 1905, he studied painting with the academic artist José Moreno Carbonero. It was in 1905"
"Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (August 29, 1709 – June 16, 1777) was a French poet and dramatist, best known for his poem ""Vert-Vert"". He was born at Amiens. During the last twenty-five years of his life, he regretted the frivolity of his youth, which enabled him to produce his most famous poem. He was brought up by the Jesuits of Amiens. Accepted as a novice at the age of seventeen, he was sent to study at the Collège Louis le Grand in Paris. After completing his course he was appointed, at the age of nineteen, to a post as assistant"
"d'Arboriculture"". Édouard-Christophe Pynaert Édouard-Christophe Pynaert (29 May 1835 – 28 October 1900) was a Belgian botanist and horticulturalist born in Ghent. He was a specialist in the field of pomology. He studied at a local gardening school, and from 1861 was a professor at the school of horticulture in Gentbrugge. He is said to have species of grass named after him, although many of the plant species from Africa named ""pynaertii"" actually honour Léon Auguste Edouard Joseph Pynaert (1876–1968), his son. He was co-editor of several periodicals, including ""Flore des Serres et des Jardins"", ""Revue de l'Horticulture Belge"" and the"
"famous photograph portraying Alice Prin (aka Kiki de Montparnasse) in the pose of the ""Valpinçon Bather"". Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. Although he considered himself a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, it is his portraits, both painted and drawn, that are recognized as his greatest legacy. His expressive distortions of form and space made him an important precursor of"
"Jacques Garnier Jacques Garnier, also called ""Garnier de Saintes"", was born in Saintes on 30 March 1755, and drowned in the Ohio river in 1817 or 1818 was a French politician, a lawyer and a revolutionary. A lawyer in Saintes in 1784, Jacques Garnier stood out from the beginning of the French Revolution by creating and chairing a committee to acquire wheat stocks and sell them at auction. He was Mayor of Saintes in 1790, general attorney of Charente, and he was elected deputy to the French National Convention by the department of Charente-Inférieure. As a member of the Jacobin"
"Charles Jonnart Charles Célestin Auguste Jonnart (27 December 1857 – 30 December 1927) was a French politician. Born into a bourgeois family in Fléchin, Pas-de-Calais, Charles Jonnart was educated at Saint-Omer, then in Paris. Interested in the Algeria that he had visited as a young man, he was appointed in 1881 by Léon Gambetta to the office of Governor General of Algeria. In 1884, he was appointed director of the department's Algeria to the Ministry of Interior. Beginning a political career as a liberal, he was elected in 1886 as General Counsel of Saint-Omer, then in 1889, member of Pas-de-Calais."
"Pierre-Georges Jeanniot Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934) was a Swiss-French Impressionist painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. His work often depicts the modern life in Paris. The artistic education of Pierre-Georges Jeanniot began with his father, Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot (1826–1892), a longtime director of l'École des Beaux-Arts of Dijon, France. Pierre-Georges Jeanniot started out pursuing a military career, as an infantry officer (1866–1881). He was a lieutenant with the Twenty-third Infantry from 1868 to 1870. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, was wounded at Rezonville, and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur. He subsequently served"
"Auguste Jean François Grenier Auguste Jean François Grenier (22 September 1814, Andelys – 13 July 1890, Bagnères) was a French doctor and entomologist. He studied at Rouen, then at Paris where he qualified as a doctor in 1842. He was devoted to entomology only between 1857 and 1859. The war of 1870 put an end to his research. Grenier was especially interested in cavernicolous Coleoptera and made a large collection including the cave insect collections of Charles Nicholas Aubé (1802–1869) and of Jules Linder (1830–1869). His collection is preserved by the Société entomologique de France. He was president of that"
"George F. C. Griss George François Cornelis Griss (30 January 1898, Amsterdam – 2 August 1953, Blaricum), usually cited as G. F. C. Griss, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who was occupied with Hegelian idealism and Brouwers intuitionism and stated a negationless mathematics. Griss was a student of L. E. J. Brouwer and formulated an intuitionism based on a Hegelian idealism. He obtained his Ph.D. with Roland Weitzenböck at the University of Amsterdam in July 1925. He was largely influenced by L. E. J. Brouwer, Gerrit Mannoury, Carry van Bruggen and Gerard Bolland, who brought Hegelian thought to the"
"society in 1865. Jean Lhoste (1987). Les Entomologistes français 1750-1950. INRA Éditions: 351 p. Auguste Jean François Grenier Auguste Jean François Grenier (22 September 1814, Andelys – 13 July 1890, Bagnères) was a French doctor and entomologist. He studied at Rouen, then at Paris where he qualified as a doctor in 1842. He was devoted to entomology only between 1857 and 1859. The war of 1870 put an end to his research. Grenier was especially interested in cavernicolous Coleoptera and made a large collection including the cave insect collections of Charles Nicholas Aubé (1802–1869) and of Jules Linder (1830–1869). His"
"Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros (1793–1870), also known as Baron Gros, was a French diplomat and later senator, as well as a notable pioneer of photography. He entered the French diplomatic service in 1823 and was given the title of baron in 1829 during the Bourbon Restoration. He was despatched to Bogotá (1838–1842) as ""chargé d'affaires"" during the Colombian Civil War, and later elsewhere in Latin America, before being recalled to Europe and then sent as Minister Plenipotentiary to Athens in 1850. He served as Ambassador to London (1852–1863), travelling extensively, including to China and Japan in 1857 and 1858."
"Antoine-Jean Gros Antoine-Jean Gros (16 March 177125 June 1835), titled as Baron Gros in 1824, was a French painter. His work was in the genres of history and neoclassical painting. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the French Revolution. Forced to leave France, he moved to Genoa and witnessed the nearby Battle of Arcole (1796). Inspired by an event during the battle, he produced a portrait of the French commander, Napoleon Bonaparte, then a newly promoted general. The portrait brought Gros to public attention and gained the patronage of Napoleon. After travelling"
"carreaux (Still Life with Checked Tablecloth)"". This surpassed previous records of $20.8 million for his 1915 still life ""Livre, pipe et verres"" and $28.6 million for the 1913 artwork ""Violon et guitare"". Juan Gris José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris (; ), was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive. Gris was born in Madrid and later studied engineering at the Madrid School of"
"Édouard-Christophe Pynaert Édouard-Christophe Pynaert (29 May 1835 – 28 October 1900) was a Belgian botanist and horticulturalist born in Ghent. He was a specialist in the field of pomology. He studied at a local gardening school, and from 1861 was a professor at the school of horticulture in Gentbrugge. He is said to have species of grass named after him, although many of the plant species from Africa named ""pynaertii"" actually honour Léon Auguste Edouard Joseph Pynaert (1876–1968), his son. He was co-editor of several periodicals, including ""Flore des Serres et des Jardins"", ""Revue de l'Horticulture Belge"" and the ""Bulletin"
"that José Victoriano González adopted the more distinctive name Juan Gris. In 1906 he moved to Paris and became friends with the poets Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, and artists Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger and Jean Metzinger. He submitted darkly humorous illustrations to journals such as the anarchist satirical magazine ""L'Assiette au Beurre"", and also ""Le Rire"", ""Le Charivari"", and ""Le Cri de Paris"". In Paris, Gris followed the lead of Metzinger and another friend and fellow countryman, Pablo Picasso. Gris began to paint seriously in 1911 (when he gave up working as a satirical cartoonist), developing at this"
"general approval of its historicity. Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, also known as Garnier, was a 12th-century French scribe and one of the ten contemporary biographers of Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury. All that we know about Guernes is what he tells us, directly or indirectly, through his sole text, ""Vie de Saint Thomas Becket."" He was born in the little French town of Pont-Sainte-Maxence, and was a wandering Christian cleric with good command of Latin. Shortly after Thomas Becket's death in 1170 Guernes set out to compose a vernacular-French, biographical poem of Becket's life. He completed his first"
"on the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Paris Bourse. From 1816 onward, he was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1819 Meynier was appointed teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like his wife he died of cholera. Charles Meynier Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris – 1832, Paris) was a French painter of historical subjects in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a contemporary of Antoine-Jean Gros und Jacques-Louis David. Meynier was the son of a tailor. Already at a young age he was trained by Pierre-Philippe Choffard. As a student of François-André"
"prepared the master plan for the city of Chandigarh in India, and contributed specific designs for several buildings there. On 17 July 2016, seventeen projects by Le Corbusier in seven countries were inscribed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites as The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret was born on 6 October 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a small city in the French-speaking Neuchâtel canton in north-western Switzerland, in the Jura mountains, just across the border from France. It was an industrial town, devoted to the manufacture of watches. (He adopted"
"1942, thus holding the record of longevity to this municipal function. His name was given to a steeple chase competition. Guy de Charnacé Ernest Charles Guy de Girard, count then marquis de Charnacé (3 May 1825 – 3 March 1909) was a French writer, journalist, agronomist and musicologist. In Anjou, he was called the ""hero of Bois-Montbourcher"". Originally from a family in Anjou, his father Charles-Guy (1800-1884) was a senior officer of the Royal Guard who resigned during the July Revolution. Guy de Charnacé studied at the college of Vendôme. In 1843, he left for Dresden. He took a taste"
"Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, and he designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America. Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities, Le Corbusier was influential in urban planning, and was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM). Le Corbusier"
"19 February 1943 in Paris, aged 72. Charles Guernier Charles Guernier (26 April 1870 – 19 February 1943) was a French politician. He was deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine from 1906 to 1924 and from 1928 to 1942. He was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones from 1931 to 1932, and Minister of Public Works and the Merchant Marine in 1932. Charles Guernier was born on 26 April 1870 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Guernier grew up in Saint-Malo, then was admitted to the University of Rennes. He studied Law, and obtained his doctorate in 1897 with a thesis on Scottish crofters. He lectured"
"Delacroix's ""Chios and Missolonghi"" as ""a massacre of art"". G. Dargenty produced a book titled: ""Les Artistes Celebres"" (""Famous Artists""), ""Le Baron Gros"", GILBERT WOOD & Co., London. M. Delcluze gave a brief notice of his life in ""Louis David et son temps"" (""Louis David and his times""), and Julius Meyer's ""Geschichte der modernen französischen Malerei"" (""History of Modern French Painting"") contains what ""Britannica"" cites as an excellent criticism on his works. Antoine-Jean Gros Antoine-Jean Gros (16 March 177125 June 1835), titled as Baron Gros in 1824, was a French painter. His work was in the genres of history and"
"A seven-volume French edition of his complete known works was published in 1797. César Chesneau Dumarsais César Chesneau, sieur Dumarsais or Du Marsais (July 17, 1676 – June 11, 1756) was a French ""philosophe"", grammarian and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers"". He was a prominent figure in what became known as the Enlightenment, and contributed to Diderot's ""Encyclopédie"". After his death, Jacques-Philippe-Augustin Douchet and Nicolas Beauzée - both teachers at the Ecole Royale Militaire - took over his work. Born in Marseille, Dumarsais trained in Paris as a lawyer, before abandoning"
"Movement]"". The ""Chavin Report"" thus constitutes the starting point of the denunciations aimed at the purported plot of ""Synarchy"". Jean Coutrot Jean Coutrot (27 March 1895 – 19 May 1941) was a French engineer. He was one of the pioneers of the X-Crise group. In 1936, he founded with Center for Studies of Human Problems with Aldous Huxley and Alexis Carrel. In June 1941, Coutrot's name was mentioned in a report submitted by Henri Chavin, director of the National Security, to the Minister of the Interior. In this document, Chavin denounces Coutrot for having founded several groups, such as the"
"the Pope. He was elected to the Académie française on 19 April 1923. There is an interesting account of Jonnart's (who as former Governor General of Algeria had come to Greece) ultimatum on 11 June 1917 by which King Constantine was forced to leave his country and to live in exile in Switzerland, composed by Despina Geroulanos-Streit, Erinnerungen, Athens: privately printed 1981, pp. 64–69. Charles Jonnart Charles Célestin Auguste Jonnart (27 December 1857 – 30 December 1927) was a French politician. Born into a bourgeois family in Fléchin, Pas-de-Calais, Charles Jonnart was educated at Saint-Omer, then in Paris. Interested in"
"Charles Guernier Charles Guernier (26 April 1870 – 19 February 1943) was a French politician. He was deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine from 1906 to 1924 and from 1928 to 1942. He was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones from 1931 to 1932, and Minister of Public Works and the Merchant Marine in 1932. Charles Guernier was born on 26 April 1870 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Guernier grew up in Saint-Malo, then was admitted to the University of Rennes. He studied Law, and obtained his doctorate in 1897 with a thesis on Scottish crofters. He lectured at the Faculty of Law in the"
"César Chesneau Dumarsais César Chesneau, sieur Dumarsais or Du Marsais (July 17, 1676 – June 11, 1756) was a French ""philosophe"", grammarian and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers"". He was a prominent figure in what became known as the Enlightenment, and contributed to Diderot's ""Encyclopédie"". After his death, Jacques-Philippe-Augustin Douchet and Nicolas Beauzée - both teachers at the Ecole Royale Militaire - took over his work. Born in Marseille, Dumarsais trained in Paris as a lawyer, before abandoning the bar to pursue the life of the mind, subsisting on occasional law"